Blue Mystery Stone Necklace...

Here it is, my blue mystery stone necklace finished. You can see in the bottom photo how pretty the colour is with the light shining through -- and that no way it can be mistaken for lapis, although it does somewhat have that colour in lower light or against one's skin.

Blue stones, probably dyed quartz, hammered tinned copper, zinc and copper dangles, copper-coloured Japanese and vintage blue seed beads, large copper clasp; approximately 21"; $55 plus shipping & handling. Please email me for availability, and/or if you need a longer or shorter version. I've had so many requests for longer necklaces that my default now is to make them 20" to 24" in length and the oversize clasps are so easy to do up/undo.

Thanks for looking!

Rhyolite & Jasper Necklace...

Bonehead move number one was to let go of one end of the stringing wire outside on the deck while I was positioning the necklace to photograph and... you got it. Beads everywhere. Luckily, they're all more or less rondelle shapes so they didn't get too far. Only lost a couple over the edge.

The nice thing about these trapezoid shapes is that they're cut with all the edges rounded so that both sides are usable -- and considerably different from each other.

Side 1:

Side 2:

I haven't put a clasp on yet but it will be copper. I'll be running this by a few people at the market tomorrow to see if I should stick with the multi-coloured seed beads or pick a single colour before I finish it off. I don't know if it's getting too busy with all the colours, or if that will disappear when it's being worn.

Please comment, and thanks for looking!

Nacozari & Kingman Turquoise necklace...

I accomplished one thing today: a month ago, I'd received some incredibly deep blue, rough-edged Nacozari turquoise slices and, after contemplating them every day, finally broke up the string and today did something with them -- well, one at any rate.

Nacozari turquoise slab pendant, tumbled Kingman turquoise chips, mossy-green Japanese seed beads, pewter and/or zinc beads, pewter clasp. The necklace is about 21" long and the pendant hangs another 2". $79 plus shipping and handling. Individual slabs (drilled lengthwise) are available for $10 each. I take PayPal. Please email me for availability.

Thanks for looking!

Chinese Turquoise Necklace...

...that started out as a bracelet and grew......

Chinese turquoise rounds & wheels (probably Hubei), brass & pewter spacers & beads, finished off with matte chocolate brown Japanese seed beads & a pewter clasp; approximately 24"; $159 plus shipping & handling. I take PayPal. Please email me for availability or to adjust the length.

Thanks for looking!